Good boys: Shelter dogs retrieve tennis balls at Brazil Open

Six shelter dogs looking to be adopted have played fetch at the Brazil Open in Sao Paulo, giving tennis fans a demonstration of their ball-retrieving skills.

Kitted out in blue bandanas, Cindy, Nanda, Blackie, Mia, Arlete and Ovelha raced around the clay court of the Pinheiros Club on yesterday.

They chased down balls hit by Brazilian tennis players Marcelo Demoliner and Joao Zwetsch and brought them back.

The four-legged retrievers showed off their talents shortly before Joao Sousa of Portugal met Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the day's first semi-final match.

The dogs come from two Sao Paulo shelters and are available for adoption.